Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients rebranded to Astor: Blade of the Monolith

In the most anticlimactic way possible, Nintendo on Tuesday confirmed years of rumors: the Nintendo Switch 2 console is on the way.

The opening of the Nintendo Museum in Kyoto has seemingly been delayed.

It’s always an exciting week when the sequel to one of the greatest games of all time surprise releases on a Monday. That’s what happened on May 6 when Hades 2 surprise launched into early access. Players are already diving into the surprisingly robust roguelike, testing their might in its new biomes. I’ve been enjoying it myself from the comfort of my couch — and not on my Nintendo Switch, where I played the first Hades. Instead, I’m curled up with my Steam Deck.

From The Last of Us and Fallout to Cyberpunk and more, we’ve seen a number of major game adaptations over the last couple of years that have enjoyed both critical and commercial success. The Super Mario Bros. Movie is another prominent name that has figured frequently in those conversations- and, in fact, was even 2023’s biggest movie bar none in terms of net profits.

With the first anniversary of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom right around the corner, a fan chose to celebrate by creating some festive rockets in the game and sharing a video of their efforts. The Tears of the Kingdom fan received compliments from other players, who expressed interest in the items used on each rocket.

Reports are beginning to surface that an open-world Donkey Kong video game was once planned for the Nintendo Switch, but the project was scrapped. A new hour-long video claims that the Donkey Kong game would have been headed up by then-Activision subsidiary Vicarious Visions, now known as Blizzard Albany.

Stardew Valley players have been trying to piece together just what triggers the bug in the 1.6 update that has been causing their valuable Prismatic Shards to disappear from storage containers. Now, one Stardew Valley player thinks they may have the answer.

Just when you think a game likeShin Megami Tensei V can’t get any darker, a new version comes for blood.

Spike Chunsoft has released the first major free content update for Shiren the Wanderer: The Mystery Dungeon of Serpentcoil Island, which includes new Sacred Tree Dungeons, a Dojo Challenge, and more. A second update is due out this summer.

Let's remove the mystery from the headline. Three Mass Effect games are going for next to nothing right now on PC, and you need to jettison your modern perspective misgivings and take a chance on them. Forget the hot mess that was Mass Effect Andromeda. Mass Effect, Mass Effect 2—and, to a lesser extent, Mass Effect 3—were genre-defining RPGs. The remaster process has made 'em much easier on the optical implants. The writing, world-building, and companion NPC bonds you'll forge, meanwhile, all remain timeless.

Third-person action RPG Monolith: Requiem of the Ancients will launch for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC via Steam on May 30, developer C2 Studio announced.

The Nintendo Switch 2 is unlikely to be more powerful than the Steam Deck, let alone the weakest current-generation console, the Xbox Series S, but it won't matter much for a few reasons.